Federal disaster declarations — Abilene

Every federal disaster declaration covering this county, most recent first.

DeclaredTypeDeclaration
2022-05-18FireMESQUITE HEAT FIRE (DR-5440)
2021-02-19Severe Ice StormSEVERE WINTER STORMS (DR-4586)
2021-02-14Severe Ice StormSEVERE WINTER STORM (DR-3554)
2020-03-25BiologicalCOVID-19 PANDEMIC (DR-4485)
2020-03-13BiologicalCOVID-19 (DR-3458)
2009-03-05FireTUSCOLA FIRE (DR-2798)
2009-02-27FireRHODES RANCH FIRE (DR-2795)
2008-03-14FireWILDFIRES (DR-3284)
2007-10-02Severe StormTROPICAL STORM ERIN (DR-1730)
2007-06-29Severe StormSEVERE STORMS, TORNADOES, AND FLOODING (DR-1709)
2006-01-11FireEXTREME WILDFIRE THREAT (DR-1624)
2005-09-24HurricaneHURRICANE RITA (DR-1606)
2005-09-21HurricaneHURRICANE RITA (DR-3261)
2005-09-02HurricaneHURRICANE KATRINA EVACUATION (DR-3216)
2002-07-04FloodSEVERE STORMS AND FLOODING (DR-1425)
1999-09-01FireEXTREME FIRE HAZARDS (DR-3142)
1998-08-26Severe StormTROPICAL STORM CHARLEY (DR-1239)
1996-02-23FireEXTREME FIRE HAZARD (DR-3117)
1993-09-10DroughtEXTREME FIRE HAZARD (DR-3113)
1990-05-02Severe StormSEVERE STORMS, TORNADOES & FLOODING (DR-863)

A declaration covers the whole county. It does not mean every address was affected, and it does not by itself establish eligibility for assistance — see disasterassistance.gov.

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